Chief No. 2 Shaft

The Chief No. 2 Shaft is a silver and lead mine located in Juab county, Utah at an elevation of 6,660 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chief No. 2 Shaft
Secondary: Chief Consolidated Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Utah
County: Juab
District: Tintic District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Chief Consolidated Mining Co.
Home Office: New York, Ny.

Owner Name: Asarco Exploration
Home Office: Tucson, Arizona

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Thomas Mountains - Tintic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: R
Description: North-Striking

Type: L
Description: Mineralized Fissures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification. Oxidation To Approximately 2000 Feet

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Goethite

Comments

Comment (Geology): SWELLING PORPHYRY WHICH CAUSED TROUBLE IN SHAFT SINKING WAS PRESUMABLY PACKARD LATITE

Comment (Deposit): SHAFT WAS RE-EQUIPPED BY ASARCO INC. IN 1981-1983 TO ALLOW EXPLORATION (NOTABLY TO SOUTHEAST) TO 1450 LEVEL. SAMPLING WAS TAKEN ON 1600 LEVEL WHERE DRILLING IS PLANNED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): THIS MINE DEVELOPED FROM 21 ACRE LITTLE CHIEF PROPERTY, BEGUN IN 1907. FITCH DIED A WEALTHY MAN IN APRIL 1936.

Comment (Workings): NUMBER TWO SHAFT COMPLETED AND CONCRETED IN 1920 TO NEARLY 2000 FEET. PROVIDES ACCESS TO PLUTUS AND GODIVA ORE BODIES DISCOVERED IN 1925 ERA

Comment (Location): AT FOOT OF NORTH SLOPE OF GODIVA MOUNTAIN, EAST OF EUREKA, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

References

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., AND LOVERING, T.S., 1979, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE EAST TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1024, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): COOK, D.R., ED., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICTS: UTAH GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, NO. 12, 183 P.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA QUADRANGLE, UTAH AND JUAB COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-K, P. K1-K29.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 107, 276 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CHIEF CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., 1918, 1920 ANNUAL REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS, N.P.

Reference (Deposit): MORRIS, H.T., 1968, MAIN TINTIC MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., GRATON-SALES VOLUME, A.I.M.E.

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